144 REPORT OF THE CHEMIST OF THE 
3. That seed two years old loses its vitality and fails to 
germinate. Undoubtedly many of the failures to secure a stand 
of plants may be traced to poor seed. 
4, That the seed bed must be well prepared, and, in this 
latitude, it seems best to plant out the seed in the spring, and with 
no other crop. The seed should be but lightly covered by rolling 
the ground. 
5. That for seven successive years at the Station three and four 
cuttings per year have been taken from the plats. 
6. That last year, the sixth in succession, the plats yielded 
more than fifteen tons per acre of green forage, equal to 5.6 tons of 
alfalfa hay. 
7. That alfalfa should be cut in early bloom, before the plants 
become woody. 
8. That it should be cured largely in the cock to produce the 
best quality of hay. 
9. That by chemical analysis the hay was found to be more 
nitrogenous than good red clover. 
10. That cattle, sheep and horses all relished. the hay and 
seemed to do well. 
11. That it was found to be more digestible than red clover hay. — 
12. That if farmers would try this crop we advise them to 
begin with a small piece of well prepared land, in order to see 
whether alfalfa does as well with them as it has at the Station. ~ 
13. That probably success with alfalfa will depend largely upon 
having fresh seed, a well prepared seed bed and in covering the 
seed lightly with soil. 
EXPERIMENT II. 




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46.87 

The nutritive ratio of the above ration was 1: 9.1. 
In this ration of hay not enough was consumed to serve as a 
maintenance ration and the animal lost slightly in live weight. 
